As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...

Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...

Meet Grace, the brave hopper robot that’s designed to jump into the darkest depths of the Moon, providing never-before-seen ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

We’ve all seen high-resolution photos of the Moon and seen its countless craters frozen in time, wondering where they came from and how long they’ve been there. Using recent research data that ...

The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.

NASA’s concept to turn a moon crater into a radio telescope using a ... Credit: NASA If it all sounds very complicated, that’s because it is. This method of deployment requires the cooperation ...

All these ingredients represent the different ... These are similar to the craters we see on the moon. Craters on the moon are often accompanied by some lines radiating away from their center.

If all goes to plan, Athena will land on a plateau just 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon's south pole ... hop down into a permanently shadowed crater." That target crater, known as ...